orienteering race 3:48:09 [3] ***** 16.0 km (14:16 / km) +500m 12:20 / km
spiked:61/77c shoes: VJ integrator
77-control orienteering on the map "Rocher de la Reine"
The terrain was hard to run on, and hot temperatures made the race even harder. I started in a slow speed, which I thought I could hold during the whole race. In fact, the speed was ok, and I could run till the end, but I got more and more problems in finding the controls, because my brain got tired as well.
16' mistakes on the first 44 controls
then another 24' on the other 33
During the whole race had 9x1', 2x3', 3x4', 1x6', 1x7' mistakes
The longer the race, the longer the mistakes...
But the whole race was great - I love doing long-distance stuff. It was longer and much more difficult than the 150-control-orienteering-race I had done in Spain in 2005 - there you usually had to take the direction and almost could see the next control.
Here in France, there were only three controls below 1' and 45 controls asked me more than 2 minutes...